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Technology Stocks : Ebay in Peril? Sniping at fault.? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (6)	9/30/2002 2:02:35 PM
From: caly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 72

"They want to bid and get out bid and then bid again on their own." I think this may apply to e-bay newbies, but once people figure out the game, they know that's not the way to play it. As a buyer, you'll help your own cause by showing no interest in it until the end. I personally think the advent of watch lists has affected bidding. Before the "watch this item" feature came about, you had to bid on something to have a convenient way to track it. I used to bid early just for that reason. Now you can just "Watch It," so there's no reason to bid before the end of the auction.

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (6)	9/30/2002 2:57:33 PM
From: Shoot1st	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 72

The flip side of that would be the "plants" world wide that can and probably do bid up the items for their associates. I'd rather deal with a sniper than a plant any day.....the sniper only gets one shot at screwing you....the plant can make you pay repeatedly.... I've bought approx $20k worth of stuff from Ebay over the last 3 years and if sniping ends, so do I. Shootietheultimatesniper